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Time to digitize all landlines, once and for all (of us)

CIO

Digital transformation of copper lines – like most IT infrastructure – is better for telecommunications carriers/network providers and businesses alike, as copper networks are expensive to maintain and unreliable with gradual deterioration accelerating over the past decade. Digital Transformation, Telecommunications

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Lightyear scores $3.7M seed to digitize networking infrastructure procurement

TechCrunch

Lightyear , a New York City startup that wants to make it easier for large companies to procure networking infrastructure like internet and SD-WAN, announced a $3.7 To provide the data that he spoke of, the company has already formed relationships with over 400 networking providers worldwide. million seed round today.

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Fraport goes all in on private 5G network

CIO

There were a multitude of reasons for Fraport AG, the operating company of Germany’s largest airport in Frankfurt, to build one of the largest European private 5G campus networks: automation, autonomous driving, localization of devices, and processing data in real time. So we’re not dependent on a carrier and their update plans.”

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Lightyear nabs $13M Series A as online network procurement takes shape

TechCrunch

It seems like everything is being pushed online now, but network procurement stubbornly has remained an in-person or phone-based negotiation. CEO and co-founder Dennis Thankachan says that the company has been able to gain customers by offering a new way to procure network resources, which was a great improvement over manual negotiating.

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The Telecommunications Service Provider Journey – From Telco to Techco

Cloudera

The new look, “aligns with our evolution from a telecommunications company to a technology company,” said Nompilo Morafo, Chief Corporate Affairs officer at the company. Some of the other trends discussed included the move beyond virtualization to true cloud native networking, a move that will take some time to evolve.

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Verizon accelerates 5G rollouts with automation platform

CIO

To that end, New York-based telecom giant Verizon has developed a platform for migrating millions of customers to its next-generation networks such as 5G, Cloud Connectivity, and Fixed Wireless Access — with minimal disruption. The usage on the network is growing at a very fast pace.”

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Vorboss brings minimum 10 Gbps enterprise fibre network to London businesses

TechCrunch

A new enterprise fibre network is ready to deliver up to 100 Gbps (gigabits-per-second) high-speed internet to London businesses, as part of a £250 million ($290 million) investment in the city’s infrastructure. While BT subsidiary Openreach provides the infrastructure for most broadband service provider in the U.K.

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